Indeed. Along those same lines,
new shipping lanes are predicted to open in the Arctic by mid century. Once again, this new work is just more support for news we have already heard.
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By mid-century, even ordinary shipping vessels will be able to navigate previously inaccessible parts of the Arctic Ocean, and they will not need icebreakers to blaze their path as they do today, the researchers found.
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By the time this happens, any hope of limiting delta T to less than 2 C will have melted, along with the sea ice. The ship will have sailed, literally.